Random Thoughts 9/23/2017

  EXPLAINING THE CONSTITUTION TO ANN COULTER One of today’s great ironies is how often individuals who accuse others of violating the U.S. Constitution have little, if any, appreciation for what the the document actually says.  The latest example is none other than Ann Coulter who last week responded to Comrade Trump’s flip-flop on DACA … Read more

Sheep in Wolves’ Clothing

  Charles Cooney, the Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT, explains the importance of accepting failure as critical to the learning process. Failure is not fatal, and success is not final. An expert is someone who has made more mistakes than anybody else.  A successful expert is someone who recognizes mistakes and … Read more

The Fruit of Patience

  The title of today’s blog comes from the following quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. For many, including Late Show host Stephen Colbert, the end of our latest “national nightmare” can not come quickly enough.  During his live broadcast following Tuesday night’s “State of the Trump” address, Colbert … Read more

He Who Ignores History

I have heard more than one commentator over the last week compare the the raid on an Al Qaeda structure believed to house Yemen terrorist leader Qassim Al-Rimi to the failed Bay of Pigs invasion during the first days of John F. Kennedy’s presidency.  The focal point for comparing the two is that both military actions were … Read more

“Mad Men” Reunion

  On July 21, 2007, we were first introduced to Mad Men (Liongate Television, 2007-2015).  The title refers to the staff of a fictional Madison Avenue advertising agency in the 1960s.  Senior partner Don Draper (Jon Hamm) is the central character who struggles with both his professional and personal life when the sanitized world of the 1950s … Read more